Fish-transportation car.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903.

S. W. PARHAM. FISH TRANSPORTATION GAR.

ARPLIOATIDII FILED OUT. 4, 1902.

110 MODEL.

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Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SION WEBSTER PARHAM, OF MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA.

FISH-TRANSPORTATION CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,653, dated June 2,1903.

I Application filecl October 4,1902. Serial No. 125,962. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIoN WEBSTER PAR- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monroe, in the county of Union and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Fish-Transportation Oar, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cars for transporting fish from theseashore to inland towns; and the object is to provide a car by means ofwhich live fish can be readily shipped long distances and found in goodcondition on arrival at their destination.

While intended for commercial use, the car is also suitable for use inconnection with work of the United States Fish Commission, or it can beused to convey live bait from place to place.

Figure 1 is a section about on the line 1 l of Fig. 2, part of the tanksbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a section about 011 the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of my improved tank.

In carrying out my invention I employ a car A, which may be of anydesired length and gage. In the upper part of this car is located areservoir B, which runs the length of the car. The top of this reservoiris slightly convex, as at B, conforming to the top of the car A. Thebottom of-the reservoir forms a reverse curve throughout the portion ofthe car opposite the windows, as shown at B but between the windows ofthe car the reservoir extends downward on each side, its bottom or innerwall forming an arch B over the aisle of the car. On either side of theaisle are arranged a plurality of tanks having the side Walls C, bottomO, and top G the top being cut away at D and covered with wire-nettin gD. The partitions E separate the tanks. Beneath the top O is a flange F,runningaround the inner walls of the tanks, the object of this flangebeing to prevent water splashing out of the tanks into the aisle. Aperforation G is formed in the top of the tanks between the car-windows,and perforations G G are also formed one above the other in thepartitions separating the tanks, and these may be covered with gauze orprovided with plugs, if desired. Vent-pipes II extend'downward from thereservoir and through the perforations G, discharging into the tanks,and each pipe has a suitable valve mechanism II, which may be of anypreferred form.

An intake-pipe I is located on the top of the car and provides means forfilling the reservoir. A cap I normally closes it. A discharge-pipe Jpermits water to be drawn from the tanks. 7

The operation of my device is evident. Water can be fed into any or anof the tanks from the reservoir, and by slightly opening thedischarge-pipe J and permitting an amount of water to enter through thepipes II equal to the amount discharged" at J a continuous circulationof fresh water can be kept up in the tanks during the journey of thecar, the amount of fresh Water supplied and the length of the trip beinglimited, in the case of salt-water fish, only by the capacity of thereservoir. In case fresh-water fish were being transported, thereservoir could be refilled from the tanks located along the route forsupplying engines with water.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fish-car, the combination with a tank positioned in the upperpart of the car and running its entire length, a feed-pipe extendingabove the car, a plurality of tanks arranged on the bottom of the car,pipes leading from .the tank in the top of the car to the tanks at thebottom, and a dischargepipeat the end of the car.

2. In a fish-car, the combination with a plurality of tanks arranged oneach side of a car, a wire-netting covering said tanks, aninwardly-projecting flange extending around the inner sides of the tanksadjacent the top, and means for circulating'water through the tanks. l

SION WEBSTER PARHA-M.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. LEE, JOHN W. TOWNSEND.

